Clinical Trial: Echocardiographically Guided Versus Standard Ibuprofen Treatment for Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial of Echocardiographically Guided Versus Standard Ibuprofen Treatment for Patent Ductus Arteriosus: a Pilot Study

Brief Summary: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a very common condition in immature newborn babies and it has been associated to morbidity and mortality. Ibuprofen is the drug of choice for PDA treatment according to the last version of the Cochrane review. Nowadays the best dose regimen for ibuprofen remains uncertain. The investigators aim to perform a randomized controlled clinical trial to assess whether echocardiographically guided PDA ibuprofen treatment versus standard treatment could reduce the number of doses of ibuprofen without increasing the reopening rate and reducing the side effects associated to this medication.

Detailed Summary: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is presented in 55 to 70% of the preterm infants with a gestational age lower than 30 weeks or a birth weight lower than 1000 grams. PDA has being associated to mortality or morbidity such as ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebral events, necrotising enterocolitis, renal disfunction or poor pulmonary outcome; however, it is not clear whether these are a consequence of the PDA presence, the treatment implemented for closing it, or the immaturity of these population. PDA standard treatment (ST) consists on three doses of indomethacin or ibuprofen (10-5-5mg/kg) given 24 hours apart, being the surgical closure a second line therapeutic option. In spite of ibuprofen has been pointed as the drug of choice for PDA treatment by the last version of the Cochrane review, side effects have been associated to both medication. Standard ibuprofen treatment is based on a clinical trial where the three-dose protocol seemed to be more effective than one-dose scheme for PDA closure; however, the sample size was not powered to find differences statistically significant, so nowadays the best dose regimen for ibuprofen remains uncertain. Functional echocardiographic assessment is spreading to all over the world. In this scenario, it has been proposed its implementation to guide PDA treatment in order to individualize the number of doses of indomethacin administered as a function of patient's response, limiting the doses and side effects in those where PDA presented an early constriction. The investigators hypothesized whether echocardiographically guided PDA ibuprofen treatment could reduce the number of doses of ibuprofen without increasing the reopening rate and reducing the side effects associated to this medication.
Sponsor: Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario la Paz

Current Primary Outcome: PDA re-opening rate [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]

PDA re-opening after echocardiographically documented closure, which the attending physician deemed amenable to additional treatment. Infants with ventilator weaning difficulty, protracted metabolic acidosis or persistent hemodynamic instability were included in this category.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • treatment failure [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    PDA ≥ 1.5 mm 24 hours after a complete ibuprofen course
  • need for surgical ligation [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    need for surgical ligation
  • need for additional ibuprofen doses [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    need for additional ibuprofen doses after treatment was completed
  • urine output [ Time Frame: before the first ibuprofen dose was administered (between 12-72 hours of life) until 24 hours after the last dose of ibuprofen was administered (between 36-168 h of life) ]
    urine output
  • serum creatinine [ Time Frame: before the first ibuprofen dose was administered (between 12-72 hours of life) until 24 hours after the last dose of ibuprofen was administered (between 36-168 h of life) ]
    serum creatinine
  • mortality [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    mortality
  • bronchopulmonary dysplasia [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    bronchopulmonary dysplasia (O2 need at 36 postmenstrual weeks)
  • necrotising enterocolitis [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    necrotising enterocolitis
  • intraventricular hemorrhage [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    intraventricular hemorrhage
  • White matter damage [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    White matter damage
  • Laser therapy for retinopathy [ Time Frame: Infants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay in the Newborn Unit, an expected average of 4-8 weeks ]
    Laser therapy for retinopathy
  • peak systolic velocity [ Time Frame: before each ibuprofen dose should be administered (3 days) and 24 hours after the last dose of ibuprofen was administered ]
    peak systolic velocity measured by means of cerebral Doppler ultrasonography in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries
  • end-diastolic velocity [ Time Frame: before each ibuprofen dose should be administered (3 days) and 24 hours after the last dose of ibuprofen was administered ]
    end-diastolic velocity measured by means of cerebral Doppler ultrasonography in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries
  • resistance index [ Time Frame: before each ibuprofen dose should be administered (3 days) and 24 hours after the last dose of ibuprofen was administered ]
    resistance index measured by means of cerebral Doppler ultrasonography in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries
  • pulsatility index [ Time Frame: before each ibuprofen dose should be administered (3 days) and 24 hours after the last dose of ibuprofen was administered ]
    pulsatility index measured by means of cerebral Doppler ultrasonography in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario la Paz

Dates:
Date Received: May 3, 2012
Date Started: May 2009
Date Completion:
Last Updated: May 4, 2012
Last Verified: May 2012